George V. Higgins Books in Order
32 books are credited to George V. Higgins, published between 1970 and 2004; 2 of them appeared after George V. Higgins's death in 1999. The first book is The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1970) and the newest is The Easiest Thing In the World (2004). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 32
- Published
- 1970–2004
- Confirmed
- 32 of 32 titles
- Pages on record
- 7,597 in 27 of 32 books
- Reading time
- 127–190 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,597 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 27 of 32 titles with a page count on record.
George V. Higgins (1939–1999) was an American author, lawyer, newspaper columnist and college professor. The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1970) opens the catalogue and established the Boston noir line of gangster tales that later writers and films took up. More than thirty books came after it, among them The Digger's Game (1973), Cogan's Trade (1974), also published as Killing Them Softly, and the Jerry Kennedy legal novels, Kennedy for the Defense (1981) among them. Thirty-two titles are catalogued through 2004, with Boston, lawyers, politicians and the Mafia as standing subjects.
How many George V. Higgins books are there?
George V. Higgins has 32 books, released between 1970 and 2004. 2 of them were published after George V. Higgins's death in 1999. 4 of them belong to the Jerry Kennedy series.
George V. Higgins Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 32 George V. Higgins books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 119701923/4
- 219732143/4
- 31974–3/4
- 419763513/4
- 51976–3/4
- 619782763/4
- 71978–3/4
- 819792503/4
- 919812253/4
- 1019811833/4
- 1119822153/4
- 1219833773/4
- 13Old Earl Died Pulling TrapsGeorge V. Higgins Short Stories/Novellas #11984 · 33 pages · confirmed 3/41984333/4
- 1419842503/4
- 1519853213/4
- 161986–3/4
- 1719873593/4
- 1819882613/4
- 1919882403/4
- 2019892283/4
- 2119892353/4
- 2219902273/4
- 2319904153/4
- 2419912783/4
- 251992–3/4
- 2619933043/4
- 2719953523/4
- 2819962563/4
- 2919975033/4
- 3019993523/4
- 3120003923/4
- 3220043083/4
George V. Higgins books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
George V. Higgins Standalone Novels
21 books21 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
George V. Higgins Non-Fiction
5 books5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Jerry Kennedy in order
4 booksGeorge V. Higgins Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
George V. Higgins Short Story
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read George V. Higgins books in order?
You only need to read George V. Higgins books in order within the Jerry Kennedy series, which holds 4 of the 32 George V. Higgins books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with George V. Higgins
Start with The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1970), the earliest published title.
What is the newest George V. Higgins book?
The Easiest Thing In the World (2004) is the newest George V. Higgins book released so far.
Is there a new George V. Higgins book coming?
No next George V. Higgins book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
George V. Higgins at a glance
- Died
- George V. Higgins died in 1999, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to George V. Higgins are still being published after George V. Higgins's death in 1999; the newest appeared in 2004.
- Release pace
- George V. Higgins books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,597 pages across the 27 of 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 261 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most George V. Higgins books, 13 of 32, were published in the 1980s.
What the George V. Higgins books are about
27 of the 32 George V. Higgins books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 12 of 27. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 12 of 27 books
- Massachusetts 9 of 27 books
- Boston (Mass.) 6 of 27 books
- Lawyers 4 of 27 books
- Crime 3 of 27 books
- Fiction in English 3 of 27 books
- Kennedy, jerry (fictitious character) 3 of 27 books
- Mafia 3 of 27 books
- Police 3 of 27 books
- Psychological fiction 3 of 27 books
- American literature 2 of 27 books
- Biography 2 of 27 books